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New Trailer For LOCKOUT!
Nordling here.
Yeah, this definitely has ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK all over it. But Guy Pearce is in Plissken mode here, and homage or no, he looks pretty badass. I'm glad this is seeing a release this spring because I just want to see some good old-fashioned pulp science fiction - JOHN CARTER hopefully will be the same - and this looks like it delivers that in spades. Here's the new trailer:
LOCKOUT opens this April. Nordling out. Follow me on Twitter!
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Besson clearly thought, if Carpenter ain't gonna make it, then fuck it, I will.
Kind of.
Looks fun. -
...so you can Escape from it.
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This movie looks mighty sweet. I would lick said film if it was in range...but that's what blu-ray's all about, right?
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". . . but he's a loose cannon." Anytime this particular piece of dialogue is used in a movie you pretty much have my $11. God help me.
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GUY PEARCE IN A PLISSKEN-LIKE ROLE = MY ASS IN THE THEATRE
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Jan 26, 2012 4:41:32 PM CST
Nordling are you really expecting anything out of John Carter???
by tikidonkeypunch
The trailer and poster for it look boring. I expect another Prince of Persia. As far as this goes, count my interest piqued.
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Looks like fun, probably not a classic, but fun nonetheless. Rim!
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...fuckin' love the way this looks!
Had a big shit-eating grin on my face throughout the entire trailer.
Plus, I've been a big Guy Pearce fan ever since L.A. Confidential, so there you have it.
I'm in.
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Just Hope Joe get's to show everyone how fucking good he is! people should check out This is England and the TV spinoffs and offer him a so many more movies!
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This flick looks like the real deal.
Plus, when are they gonna make a Bionic Commando movie starring Chris Meloni? -
another scifi gem from the maker of 5th Element
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Jan 26, 2012 5:01:45 PM CST
Looks like a good old fashioned "Die Hard in a..." flick
by gideonthedane
It's like Die Hard...in space!
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Jan 26, 2012 5:13:03 PM CST
I hope Pierce doesn't do those stupid one liners through the whole thing
by wrath_of_fett
Could be a great film, but I don't need those stupid knee-slappers every 5 minutes.
I imagine Kurt Russel doing Snake Pliskin, hissing his lines, dripping with sarcasm, but in a threatening way...and it's SOOOOO much cooler than this Cap'n Jack Sparrow bullshit Guy Pierce appears to be doing. He just seems to be in the wrong movie. -
Who's that?
Snow!
The "licky boom boom" guy? Seriously? -
Ha ha ha ha! If only there had been a "I'm getting too old for this (interrupting explosion)."
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This guy's been awesome in a lot of really great movies over the past fifteen years or so but hasn't gotten that big "breakout" role. This ain't going to be it but maybe it'll help give him some more attention cause yeah, he's awesome.
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first: why spend all that money putting criminals in a prison in space? fuck that. Second: too much like Taken meets Escape From NY. Third: no tits.
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jesus, it shouldn't work but it does.
before i pressed play i thought it'd be a glossier remake of FORTRESS..what a turd that was -
GROAN!!!!!! I mean REALLY! Noone putting this thing together stopped and asked, "are we sure we want to include one of the cheeziest lines in the history of film in our trailer?"
They should've just gone all-out crapfest and ahead and added, "In a world where crimes are punished with banishment . . . to SPACE!" -
...the most shot-out-looking 27-year-old in the acting business. He's pretty hilarious in Misfits though, so I'm excited to see what he brings to the table here.
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Is he going to direct anything soon? He's been producing movies that vaguely have his style. I'm always watching a preview, see the from the creator of "The Professional," cross my fingers that he's actually gonna direct, but bumpkis.
Though Hannah was an example of a non-Besson-directed Besson movie being Bessonincredible. -
I'm confused now. First it was one, then they changed it, so have they changed it back yet again?
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This will probably kick ass, but critics will hate it. But fuck the critics! Right?
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I'm pretty sure this is the first actual trailer ive seen for this??
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Jan 26, 2012 6:13:28 PM CST
Fuck this movie! World War II now has a sequel! http://youtu.be/x6ubnvFuTtM
by orionsangels
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Jan 26, 2012 6:14:58 PM CST
Why are they all wearing the Michael Jackson Beat It jacket?
by melgibsoncalledmethenword
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This is what we need more off. One of my favorites as a kid and even now is Outland. A familiar tale (High Noon) repurposed and jiggered with slightly. In this case, yeah, the Escape From New York angle is an apt comparison. Even more than all that, back in the day, the studios made a ton of these types of movies. They all weren't Lawrence of Arabia, but they were a lot of fun. For the cost of one Transformers 3 you could have 2, maybe 3 Lockouts. Pearce looks like he's having fun too.
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Jan 26, 2012 6:15:19 PM CST
The presidents daughter was visting a prison that got taken over!
by melgibsoncalledmethenword
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Jan 26, 2012 6:18:40 PM CST
Fuck, I wish this starred Kurt Russell instead.
by ghostofmurrayhamilton
But I'll still see it
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SuHmEo0Bx7Q
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Looks pretty hilarious and awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeIu1FiTTyI&feature=player_embedded
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can't even at least change the name types and story, just a bit, so that we don't feel like complete sheeps going to see a movie just because it feels like known territory?
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Kid, from my small northern england mill town, done good. Chorley, where people go to fight.
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Jan 26, 2012 7:43:23 PM CST
WTF FUCK IS THIS?!? A BUMP ON SNAKE PLISSKIN'S COCK? FACT!
by creepythinmanlivez
I CALL BULLSHIT, I CALL FAG CINEMA! WHERE THE FUCK IS THE 80'S HE-MEN?!?
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Looks too fun to even try and resist!
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I lost an I.Q. point for every second I watched it *sob* :(
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EXCITED
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i just hate these types of trailers that have such a generic action 'ranking up' style superimposed on the footage. a mishmash of random dialogue to give you a watered down sense of the high concept and then a sense that shit will escalate.
what about a trailer that emphasizes atmosphere, tone and an interesting visual montage. thats how a shit movie like sucker punch made an awesome trailer. its what got me into my seat for that stinker. its probably what would get me in my seat for this one! -
I just know I'll watch this thinking "so Snake and Mclane were busy ?"
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Even though these blue collar bastards would prefer a proper Escape From Earth with Kurt Russell reprising his iconic role of Snake Plissken and John Carpenter or Neil Marshall directing it, they'll take what they can get out here on this godforsaken rock they call Acheron.
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would make a straight-forward action film and I didn't think it was going to happen because he was too classy or something. But here it is.
Sure it looks cheesy as, but it also looks slick and atmospheric.
This will be another one of those blu-rays to watch loud on the big-screen with a 6-pack and a fat joint. Maybe followed up with Outlander. -
That's an interesting point. In previous interviews, Guy Pearce has stated emphatically that he would never do a comic book movie because they're generally rubbish (but someone like Christopher Nolan would make him consider it for a few minutes before saying no). I guess that's still true, but by all appearances it'd be hard to make a dumber, cliche-driven action movie than this, so I don't really understand the difference.
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I thought it changed its name to "MS:One Maximum Security"?? I like Lockout better.
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MI:4 was the only movie I've seen in the theater since Avatar. From the looks of things, though, 2012 will be the year I finally go back to the multiplex over and over again.
Lockout
Dark Knight Rises
Prometheus
MIBIII
Paranorman (maybe)
Dredd (if it doesn't suck)
Looper
Gravity
Hobbit
...and maybe a few others.
Hell, I might even see The Grey to get the ball rolling early.
This might just be a very good year. -
Jan 26, 2012 10:27:18 PM CST
Also, Hear! Hear! LV-426. We need another Kurt Russell movie.
by alienfanatic
Kurt's getting up there in years, but I swear if he'd just get in the gym and drop 50lbs and sport a buzz cut he'd out-badass virtually any of the snot-nosed pansies they're passing off as action heroes nowadays.
But...
I'd much rather see a Jack Burton flick than a Plissken flick. Escape from L.A. still leaves me cold, sorry to say. I can even see the title, "Big Trouble in little (with little crossed out) China." Put him over there as a washed-up trucker running dangerous, and probably illegal, loads on the backroads of China when he encounters an ancient evil that makes Lo Pan look like Lo Pansie and you've got my butt in the seat. -
Ben Stiller
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Yes!
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Wouldn't it have been fucking amazing if Big Trouble in Little China had been a massive hit, meaning we could have then seen sequels focusing on more Jack Burton (mis)adventures?
Sort of how Indy started out as Raiders of the Lost Ark but became Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, etc. Jack Burton could have started out as Big Trouble in Little China and then the sequel would be Jack Burton in... [whatever adventure said film was going to be about].
I mean, it would be perfect, as Jack Burton is always driving to and fro in the Pork Chop Express, so it makes sense that he would have stumbled upon more adventures.
Jack Burton in The Curse of the Chupacabra
Jack Burton and the Fall of the Great Wall (maybe that's your idea of Jack Burton going to China and fighting more evil creatures and ancient sorcerers)
Jack Burton in The Road to El Dorado
Jack Burton in The City of the Deadites (this one could team up Jack Burton with Evil Dead's Ash?)
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And don't tell me it was written that way tongue-in-cheek or to pay homage to shitty campy cult films of the past.
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Though not based on this trailer, what with the cheesey 'loose cannon' bit, but a fun sci-fi actioneer. Also glad to see they changed the name back to Lockout (Though it's not a title evocative of a sci-fi film, is it? Perhaps that's a good thing.)
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Swap out some VX gas rockets for the Prez's daughter...
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Let Guy Pearce be Snake Plisken's son....cameo by Kurt Russell. For's God's sake, they just copied the script from EFNY.....not that there's anything wrong with that. I'll check it out.
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why oh why must Pierce dialogue and delivery be so gutwrenchingly bad? I'll tell you why because you simply can't have smart talented actors playing these types of action heroes because whenever they try to dumb it down or ham it up it just comes out cheesy and dishonest. These types of movies where great in the 80s and 90s when you had guys with no acting talent but great screen presence like Stallone and Arnold. Those guys couldn't act their way out of a wet paper bag but they where always cool which ,it is clear from this trailer, Pierce is not. He should have gone with a Bourne/Mission Impossible modern action film role instead.
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And this looks stupid as hell. Escape from LA in Space? Please. And what is with movie Presidents being stupid enough to send their daughters to the very last place they should ever be? How many maximum security prisons have Chelsea, Sasha and Malia, or the Bush twins been to? None? Yeah, wonder why that is.
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Besson's last movie as director is named "The Lady" and is about the Burmese opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Starring Michelle Yeoh ion the lead role.
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This looks like really good fun even if it recycles the plots to Taken and Fortress 2.
Seriously though, how much cooler would it have been with Kurt Russell?
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It's a rip off of Escape from NY, well, more L.A. cause it's the Preseident's daughter. The action looks great. The convicts look cool. I can look past the cheesy line, but I guess when you're trying to make an 80's action movie homage, you need that. I'm actually pumped to see this. Looks better than most of the summer action movies that came out last year.
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Fucking. Awesome.
It's nice to see that they've gone back to the 'Lockout' title. 'MS1: Wibblewobble 1' was fucking stupid. -
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Looks great! Cannot wait! For those who don't like his name FUCK YOU! Come up with a better one right now and post it. It's his fucking name... who cares!! It's almost fucking arbitrary in this type of movie. If his name was something you thought was the greatest thing since sliced bread is that going to make the movie?? I think not!
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Sure it rips the guts right out of "Escape From N.Y." but I practically grew up on the carbon copies that were churned out during the '80s so I'm not that bothered by it (anyone else see "2019: After the Fall of New York"?). It looks like a fun B-movie and when has Guy Pearce not brought his "A" game? All this needs is a healthy dose of nudity and ultraviolence to make it a complete package.
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and every year, the students are blown away by Guy Pearce's portrayal of Leonard Shelby (Lenny); Pearce really should have been a A-list star.
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Interesting to see Maggie Grace getting some work. She was easily the worst actress in Lost, and this role seems like it could have gone to literally 100s of up and coming girls/producer's daughters.
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As soon as that guy said "only one man can get her out..." and started with the sound "... Ssssnnnnn---"
I was like "SNAKE???" They picked a name that close to Snake?! -
How about Guy plays King Edward (King's Speech) again, but as a future bad-ass?
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...Doing what.. giving blowjobs and taking it in the ass so the convicts will be more docile and behave better?
Swear ta gawd the premise for these movies just keep getting worse all the time. -
Jan 27, 2012 1:55:45 PM CST
We can separate people in this talkback into 2 social classes
by melgibsoncalledmethenword
1. The upper class who know this movie will be utter shit
2. The lower class who think it will be good. aka: idiots -
Just cut you hack hollywood retards.
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Nice to see Guy Pearce in a lead role especially in an action movie. Could end up being gash but it might actually be fun, remember fun melgibsoncalledmethenword?
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